About Joseph Turner Patterson
Lived 1907 – 1969 (aged 61). Joseph Turner Patterson was a jurist.
Joseph Turner Patterson (1907–1969) was the thirty-fourth Attorney General of Mississippi.
Early life and education Patterson was born July 10, 1907, in Eupora, Mississippi.
Public service
In 1930, Patterson was elected city attorney of Calhoun, Mississippi. In 1932, he was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives. In 1936, he joined the staff of Senator Pat Harrison.
In 1962, Patterson cooperated with the Kennedy administration to register James Meredith to attend Ole Miss.
In 1968, he represented the state's interests in Coffey v. State Educational Finance Commission. This case marked the end of state subsidies to segregation academies.
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Mississippi Attorney General
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Joseph Turner Patterson was born on 10 July 1907 in Eupora.
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Joseph Turner Patterson died on 19 April 1969.
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Joseph Turner Patterson was a jurist.
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